Restart node upon changing a file

Question

For someone who is coming from PHP background the process of killing node and starting it again after every code change, seems very tedious. Is there any flag when starting

Answer 1

Follow the steps:

1. npm install --save-dev nodemon

2. Add the following two lines to "script" section of package.json:

"start": "node ./bin/www",
"devstart": "nodemon ./bin/www"

as shown below:

"scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "node ./bin/www",
    "devstart": "nodemon ./bin/www"
}

3. npm run devstart

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Server-side/Express_Nodejs/skeleton_website